Tag: ice axe

Tag: ice axe

Features and editorials about Alpine Recreation and our adventures.

Articles - Ball Pass Crossing - Roping up for glacier travel, Ball Glacier, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park

Ball Pass Crossing

Why going guided won’t cramp on your style
Front Country Tramper

A certain thrill comes with completing a trip you’ve eyed up for decades. For me, this was the Ball Pass Crossing.

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Articles - The Unlikely Mountaineer - Adventure Magazine article "The Unlikely Mountaineer" by Mariana Shaw

The Unlikely Mountaineer

Building Fitness from the Ground Up
Adventure Magazine

The rock shifted under my boot.

It was May 2024. I was suspended on my first ever abseil, halfway down a cliff in the Southern Alps, somewhere…

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